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Originally Posted by TRDG
Yes J.B, but the use of ALL of these factors,and more in combination, at the right place and at the right time, at least at the beginning of the war did seem like something "new", "inovative" and it seemed to "work" once in a while to. At least to the Allies, or so it is said, is'nt it??
Cheers, good post John!!
Tom
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Not at all. There is nothing new or innovative about using all the assets at your disposal, the best C3I you have, showing up "fustest with the mostest", "horse, foot and guns".
The Blitzkrieg was fragile, a minority of logistic-intensive units on the end of a tether followed up by a primarily horse-drawn and walking force.
Similar experiments had been conducted by the French, British and Americans. They suffered from institutional inertia, while the Reichswehr was starting nearly from scratch, a clear implementation advantage.